ancestry
US
UK ancestry n: (family descent)
SC 血统 xuè tǒng
SC 世系 xuè tǒng，shì xì
SC 出身 xuè tǒng，chū shēn
TC 出身
TC 出身
I'm English, but I have Polish and Irish ancestry.
common ancestry n: (shared family history)
SC 共同的祖先 gòng tóng de zǔ xiān
SC 同根同源 gòng tóng de zǔ xiān，tóng gēn tóng yuán
My friend and I always thought it was strange how we looked so alike until we discovered we shared a common ancestry.
common ancestry n: (species: shared descent) (物种)
SC 有相同的祖先，有相同的先人 yǒu xiāng tóng de zǔ xiān，yǒu xiāng tóng de xiān rén
Apes and humans share a common ancestry.